Monthly Archives: January 2010

God is not looking for good people.

One of the most glaring misconceptions about Christianity that I observed among church-goers, non-church-goers and unbelieving people alike, was their preoccupation with the thought that it required them to be “good” people.  Spoken or unspoken, many people conveyed the message that they could never attain the perceived

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How else does one describe a church-goer who….?

The day I took a stand to reject the “religious” Jesus Christ of my imagination and embrace the biblical Lord Jesus Christ of truth, is the day I knew I would come under much sniggering, mockery, insults and abuse from … Continue reading

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Chewed up and spat out.

Whether they were church-goers or not, every so often on the streets I was asked, “What does ‘born again’ mean?”  Thanks to the Internet today there are some wonderful, in-depth, theological answers to the question, but for the purposes of this … Continue reading

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I learned to be on the alert for, “But…..”

Jesus tells us in the gospel of Matthew that heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate.  He says that the highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide enough for multitudes to choose its easy way.  I witnessed the … Continue reading

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